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Jira freelance projects & contracts in Germany 2026

8.5% of the analysed German IT freelance listings name Jira – 4,426 projects, rank 2 of the 60 most requested IT skills. In October 2026 it was 8.3% (+0.6 percentage points from the month before). Jira is asked for most often in Test Engineer projects: they make up 26% of the engineering projects with Jira.

By . Data: 52,106 listings on German IT freelance project boards, May 2026 – October 2026. Published , last updated .

Is Jira required or nice to have?

61% of the listings with Jira name it as a required skill. That is less often than for most skills of this overview (median 69%). 24% name it as nice to have, 16% without a clear mark.

Jira demand by month

Share of listings with Jira per month of first publication, with the number of projects under each month; months with fewer than 1,000 projects are left out. Single months fluctuate.

  1. June 2026778 of 7,653 projects10%
  2. July 2026865 of 9,884 projects8.8%
  3. August 2026819 of 10,216 projects8%
  4. September 2026840 of 10,958 projects7.7%
  5. October 20261,079 of 13,054 projects8.3%

Skills asked for together with Jira

The 15 skills that listings with Jira name most often besides it, as a share of those projects. Blue: typical for Jira, i.e. asked for at least 3 times as often as in projects overall; the tick shows the share across all projects.

Under each skill: its share across all projects.

  1. Confluenceall projects 5.9%63%
  2. Scrumall projects 8.1%35%
  3. Agile Methodsall projects 9.1%31%
  4. Project Managementall projects 15%22%
  5. Stakeholder Managementall projects 12%20%
  6. Test Automationall projects 5%19%
  7. CI/CDall projects 9.2%17%
  8. Javaall projects 6.6%17%
  9. REST APIsall projects 7.3%16%
  10. SAFeall projects 4%16%
  11. Gitall projects 5.1%16%
  12. Kubernetesall projects 7.1%14%
  13. Kanbanall projects 2.8%13%
  14. Dockerall projects 4.8%12%
  15. Test Managementall projects 3.2%12%

Typical for Jira – asked for at least 3 times as often as in projects overall – are Confluence (63%), Kanban (13%), Scrum (35%), SAFe (16%), Test Automation (19%), Test Management (12%).

Frequent anyway and often part of it here: Project Management (22%), Stakeholder Management (20%), CI/CD (17%), Java (17%), REST APIs (16%), Kubernetes (14%).

Roles asking for Jira

41% of the projects with Jira are engineering projects (1,798 projects) – projects that build software or technical systems; the rest are e.g. consulting, project management or IT operations. The bars show the roles with the most of those projects and their share of them; 7.8% fit none of the major roles. Under each role: how many of its projects name Jira, and how often as required.

  1. Test Engineerin 34% of the role's projects · required 61%26%
  2. Java Backend Developerin 23% of the role's projects · required 60%16%
  3. DevOps / Platform Engineerin 9.6% of the role's projects · required 41%11%
  4. Java Fullstack Developerin 23% of the role's projects · required 66%10%
  5. SAP Developerin 7.1% of the role's projects · required 34%4.1%
  6. Security Engineerin 6.5% of the role's projects · required 44%3.7%
  7. Data Engineerin 4.9% of the role's projects · required 52%3.5%
  8. C# / .NET Developerin 8.1% of the role's projects · required 54%2.8%

Skills related to Jira

Skills of this overview that are asked for together with Jira much more often than chance would predict.

How to use the data

If Jira is in your profile, the blue skills often belong with it – name them if you have them. Projectmatch automatically matches new projects against your profile and shows for each project which of the required skills your profile covers. Browse current Jira projects or try it now.

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Method

An AI model reads the requested skills from each project description, and a project's role from its title and skills; the figures are updated monthly. Details: method of the IT skills analysis.